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Jehovah's Witnesses have an active presence in most countries. These are the most recent statistics by continent, based on active members, or "publishers" as reported by the Watch Tower Society. [1] The Watch Tower Society provides 'average' and 'peak' figures for the number of active members.
A chart of active Jehovah's Witnesses by year, 1931-2015. For 2024, around 300,000 new members were baptized. The Watch Tower Society reported that Jehovah's Witnesses conducted about 7.5 million home Bible studies with non-members, [1] including Bible studies conducted by Witness parents with their children.
In 1984, authors Merlin Brinkerhoff and Marlene Mackie concluded that after the so-called new cults, Jehovah's Witnesses were among the least accepted religious groups in the United States. [14] Legal challenges by Jehovah's Witnesses prompted a series of state and federal court rulings that reinforced judicial protections for civil liberties.
Some Watch Tower Society publications state that God has used Jehovah's Witnesses and the International Bible Students as a modern-day prophet. [en 1] A central teaching of Jehovah's Witnesses is that the world faces imminent destruction through intervention by God and Jesus Christ. [186] This belief has been present since the group's founding ...
In all, Jehovah's Witnesses brought 23 separate First Amendment actions before the U.S. Supreme Court between 1938 and 1946. [36] [37] Supreme Court Justice Harlan Fiske Stone once quipped, "I think the Jehovah's Witnesses ought to have an endowment in view of the aid which they give in solving the legal problems of civil liberties." [38]
After a three-year pandemic pause, Tri-Cities Jehovah’s Witnesses will be able to participate in their annual convention in person. The event is one of the largest convention organizations in ...
Jul. 30—KENNEWICK — The 2024 convention of Jehovah's Witnesses will be held at Toyota Center in Kennewick the weekends of Aug. 23-25 and Aug. 30-Sept. 1, according to an announcement from ...
The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania is a non-stock, not-for-profit organization [4] headquartered in Warwick, New York.It is the main legal entity used worldwide by Jehovah's Witnesses to direct, administer, and disseminate doctrines for the group and is often referred to by members of the denomination simply as "the Society".